Thursday, January 3, 2008
Goal prizes
School is about to officially starting for me in 11 days! Last semester I made it through, didn't drop ANY classes and pass my classes, too. I wasn't focused on grades as much as not dropping. This semester I am going to put forth effort since that was one of my honey's request as a b-day gift for him. He even said he would have a reward system. One prize he will offer if I received all A's and another if I received all B's of better. So I was trying to rack my brain on things that I want or need that will motivate me to study hard for 18 weeks and can't think of anything!!! *sigh* So do you have any ideas??? I will be going to class Monday - Thursday and one online course and taking general chemistry, college English and trig. So what's your thoughts??
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
B-day wishes... and gossip!
Today is my lil sis', Jessy, birthday!
Tonight we are going over to my older sis' house for a family dinner! And cake of course!!! I baked it last night.
And yesterday I got a call from my niece. I thought she was going to tell me how she went to the Block (shopping mall) in Orange to meet up with her ex and got caught by her mom ( my sis called me on the way there and the next day to tell me what my niece was up to), but nope she completely ignored that story and told me that my mom was on the phone with a GUY!!! AND... yes there is more... she has a date @ 5pm! Holy Moly! Since me father and her had divorce my mom had one serious boyfriend a LONG time ago and went on one date in the last year or so. Like 4 days ago my mom had talked about her wants for a husband in her life. I told her to slow down cowgirl and to wish to "get to know" people and not jump straight to marriage. It been something like 20+ years since she has been. When my niece passed the phone to my mom she couldn't stop giggling for like a minute straight! It's cute to see my mom all flustered!
She called me after her date. Jay and I were in the movies watching National Treasure, which is really good. I hadn't seen the first and wasn't lost at all. Back to the dating stuff... I called her afterwards and she said it was short and sweet. They met up at Barnes and Nobel and had coffee. When asked about his looks she said "he's cute for a 50 year old!" Not sure what that means but makes me think he is not the hottest thing that walked this earth. lol. Conversation went well. He is tall, grayish black hair, Latino, business owner and in fashion design. Cool! He walked her to her car and told her he will call her soon.
Happy Birthday lil sis!!!
Tonight we are going over to my older sis' house for a family dinner! And cake of course!!! I baked it last night.
And yesterday I got a call from my niece. I thought she was going to tell me how she went to the Block (shopping mall) in Orange to meet up with her ex and got caught by her mom ( my sis called me on the way there and the next day to tell me what my niece was up to), but nope she completely ignored that story and told me that my mom was on the phone with a GUY!!! AND... yes there is more... she has a date @ 5pm! Holy Moly! Since me father and her had divorce my mom had one serious boyfriend a LONG time ago and went on one date in the last year or so. Like 4 days ago my mom had talked about her wants for a husband in her life. I told her to slow down cowgirl and to wish to "get to know" people and not jump straight to marriage. It been something like 20+ years since she has been. When my niece passed the phone to my mom she couldn't stop giggling for like a minute straight! It's cute to see my mom all flustered!
She called me after her date. Jay and I were in the movies watching National Treasure, which is really good. I hadn't seen the first and wasn't lost at all. Back to the dating stuff... I called her afterwards and she said it was short and sweet. They met up at Barnes and Nobel and had coffee. When asked about his looks she said "he's cute for a 50 year old!" Not sure what that means but makes me think he is not the hottest thing that walked this earth. lol. Conversation went well. He is tall, grayish black hair, Latino, business owner and in fashion design. Cool! He walked her to her car and told her he will call her soon.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Catfish
I just got of the phone with my sis from SLO. I want to cry, but no tears will come out. I want to run in my room and wake Jay up and be comforted, but that won't make everything better. I did sneak in and cuddle for a little bit and came out cuz I can't sleep.
My sis had a miscarriage. Her heart is broken! Lil baby Henry didn't make it last time and she was about 6 months along. This time my lil niece or nephew was here for 2 months. The hospital told her that 50% of women have them in the first trimester. My sister was super careful, but I guess it was just a short visit for my lil family member that is now if heaven.
It was cute I told my sister I could drive up and be with her for New Years and she said it was alright but minutes after we hung up she called me back and asked me to come up for the weekend and she said jokingly that she wouldn't mind if I stopped by Solvang (a little Dutch community) on the way up and pick up some danish. I just might!
My sis had a miscarriage. Her heart is broken! Lil baby Henry didn't make it last time and she was about 6 months along. This time my lil niece or nephew was here for 2 months. The hospital told her that 50% of women have them in the first trimester. My sister was super careful, but I guess it was just a short visit for my lil family member that is now if heaven.
It was cute I told my sister I could drive up and be with her for New Years and she said it was alright but minutes after we hung up she called me back and asked me to come up for the weekend and she said jokingly that she wouldn't mind if I stopped by Solvang (a little Dutch community) on the way up and pick up some danish. I just might!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. JAY!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!!!!
To My Darling!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope you have a day that makes you feel SUPER special! Cuz you are!!!
I love you!!!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Jay's Pre-Birthday
Jay's birthday is 2 days away!!! We have already started the celebrating. I ordered a cake from the Madonna Inn Hotel in San Luis Obispo and my sister picked it up and brought it down for me, since she was coming down anyways for our Christmas celebration. San Luis Obispo is like 4-5 hours away (driving) from my house.
Saturday my family sang Happy B-day to Jay and enjoyed the 4 layered lemon and coconut cake. I can't believe that it has been like 12 years since Jay has had a cake. I guess being right next to Christmas the b-day stuff gets over looked sometimes. Well, not this year! And my family even got him gifts!
We got home and Jay said since we started the celebrating he wanted to open up gifts. So what the b-day boy wants, he gets! He opened up some thermals and under shirts that he asked for. A Edgar Allen Poe Book and Law & Order Season 1 and the Premier Episode.
Yesterday night he opened another... it was a book of tasteful & sexy picture of me.
Saturday my family sang Happy B-day to Jay and enjoyed the 4 layered lemon and coconut cake. I can't believe that it has been like 12 years since Jay has had a cake. I guess being right next to Christmas the b-day stuff gets over looked sometimes. Well, not this year! And my family even got him gifts!
We got home and Jay said since we started the celebrating he wanted to open up gifts. So what the b-day boy wants, he gets! He opened up some thermals and under shirts that he asked for. A Edgar Allen Poe Book and Law & Order Season 1 and the Premier Episode.
Yesterday night he opened another... it was a book of tasteful & sexy picture of me.
Happy almost Birthday my love!!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Semester end celebration
*cough* *hacking* *sneeze* *sniff*
AH! I'm sick! Real bad, too! My voice has faded and is almost back. I missed two days of work :( I don't have sick time, so it's gonna hit the pocket a little, but oh well. Better I stay home, rest and not get the whole office sick, especially before the holidays. Thursday night the girl that covers my desk when I am out calls me "to see how I am" and wants to know if I am coming in the next day because 1.) there is a meeting in the morning that she basically doesn't want to come in early to prepare (since her shift starts at 9am and mine at 8:15) and 2.) her chest feels a little heavy and she thinks she has pneumonia and wants to get it checked out and the ONLY appointment available is in the morning. I could barely talk and was like are you kidding me?!?! Out of the two of us I am more likely to have pneumonia. Some people!
I'm on the way to recovery. The Wednesday before my sickness hit hard Jay invited me out to lunch. We went to one of my favorite spot, Lucille BBQ. I am a sucker for BBQ!!! I got the BBQ salad and Jay got the BBQ chicken sandwich. When I got to the table there was a dozen roses and a touching card from Jay for sticking to my goal of finishing the semester. I was touched! His words were so sweet! We had a great lunch!
AH! I'm sick! Real bad, too! My voice has faded and is almost back. I missed two days of work :( I don't have sick time, so it's gonna hit the pocket a little, but oh well. Better I stay home, rest and not get the whole office sick, especially before the holidays. Thursday night the girl that covers my desk when I am out calls me "to see how I am" and wants to know if I am coming in the next day because 1.) there is a meeting in the morning that she basically doesn't want to come in early to prepare (since her shift starts at 9am and mine at 8:15) and 2.) her chest feels a little heavy and she thinks she has pneumonia and wants to get it checked out and the ONLY appointment available is in the morning. I could barely talk and was like are you kidding me?!?! Out of the two of us I am more likely to have pneumonia. Some people!
I'm on the way to recovery. The Wednesday before my sickness hit hard Jay invited me out to lunch. We went to one of my favorite spot, Lucille BBQ. I am a sucker for BBQ!!! I got the BBQ salad and Jay got the BBQ chicken sandwich. When I got to the table there was a dozen roses and a touching card from Jay for sticking to my goal of finishing the semester. I was touched! His words were so sweet! We had a great lunch!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Downward spiral
So... the last three weeks have been hellish! Work has been extremely demanding and I can't find time to breath or it seems since I haven't passed out from lack of oxygen. My bosses have been in terrible moods and since I work in Sales everyone is trying to make numbers and are stressed out. It seems to trickle down to me where I am a sound board or a punching bag. To make matters worst I have the period from hell, too! It was extremely painful, but light. I don't get mother nature sometimes! Then, there was finals! So I have been all stressed out and no time to blog about it. Oh and my Father's estate stuff, but looks like that might wrap up in April.
English final was last Wed. and it was a in-class essay about two murders and I am a judge an have to let one go free and one stay in jail. I think I did well on that one.
In math I got a little scared. Honestly, I hadn't put much effort. The teacher was super cool and class attendance was optional and so was the homework, so you give those options to people and the average person (ME!) and you will notice that the average person will not come to class very often and will not do the homework. And honestly... I was borderline in the class. *shaking head* I know, it's terrible. THEN, I found out that math lab hours are mandatory even though they do not effect your grade because the Dean can drop you if you don't have them completed. Total math hours needed was 800 minutes! Two weeks before the final and I barely find this out and only have 200+. Ah! Time to start clocking in some math lab hours. Saturday I went in for 5 hours. Luckily, Monday my English teacher gave us the day off to study for finals, so I went into the math lab and logged another 2 hours and 45 minutes. Tuesday I called in sick and logged in 6 hours! My lab hours were complete and I did most of the homeworks for my math class, too. That evening the teacher went over grades, the final and extra credit. If you do homework you can get 1-3 extra credit point and wahoooo I GOT ALL 3! I calculated what I needed on the final to pass the class and came in on Thursday with a can do attitude. Even though that morning told me something might go wrong! I was a zombie and when I took out the trash in the morning I walked back to my house and realized I locked the door! This would be the second time in 3 days that I did this. Good thing I didn't lock a window and could crawl through it. After the final I stayed around to see my grade and sadly I was 2 points away from what I had calculated to pass the class. I walked home in tears. I was so upset at myself and the situation I put myself in! I got home and added the number again and I need 224 point to pass and guess what?? I had some how calculated what I needed incorrectly and all my point combined equaled 224! I PASSED! YIPPEE! I PASSED! Kindda ironic how I would calculate wrong for a math class, but either way I passed!
Things are better now. I have one more final to go. Went to my sisters flamenco recital on Friday with the fam. It was a wonderful show and my sister had two new costumes from Spain!
Sunday I did a 3K with my niece, and younger sis, Jess, and oldest sis. It was GREAT! We did well and it was Jess and my niece's first 3K and they ROCKED!
This coming up Saturday I am looking forward to my family's Christmas... we are feeding the homeless and NO GIFT EXCHANGE! NICE! Also, Jay and I also decided not to exchange gifts, so the stress of gift buying is wiped away this year. I did buy, of course, for the kids -- my two nieces and Jayla -- and for my mom. So that's the latest!
English final was last Wed. and it was a in-class essay about two murders and I am a judge an have to let one go free and one stay in jail. I think I did well on that one.
In math I got a little scared. Honestly, I hadn't put much effort. The teacher was super cool and class attendance was optional and so was the homework, so you give those options to people and the average person (ME!) and you will notice that the average person will not come to class very often and will not do the homework. And honestly... I was borderline in the class. *shaking head* I know, it's terrible. THEN, I found out that math lab hours are mandatory even though they do not effect your grade because the Dean can drop you if you don't have them completed. Total math hours needed was 800 minutes! Two weeks before the final and I barely find this out and only have 200+. Ah! Time to start clocking in some math lab hours. Saturday I went in for 5 hours. Luckily, Monday my English teacher gave us the day off to study for finals, so I went into the math lab and logged another 2 hours and 45 minutes. Tuesday I called in sick and logged in 6 hours! My lab hours were complete and I did most of the homeworks for my math class, too. That evening the teacher went over grades, the final and extra credit. If you do homework you can get 1-3 extra credit point and wahoooo I GOT ALL 3! I calculated what I needed on the final to pass the class and came in on Thursday with a can do attitude. Even though that morning told me something might go wrong! I was a zombie and when I took out the trash in the morning I walked back to my house and realized I locked the door! This would be the second time in 3 days that I did this. Good thing I didn't lock a window and could crawl through it. After the final I stayed around to see my grade and sadly I was 2 points away from what I had calculated to pass the class. I walked home in tears. I was so upset at myself and the situation I put myself in! I got home and added the number again and I need 224 point to pass and guess what?? I had some how calculated what I needed incorrectly and all my point combined equaled 224! I PASSED! YIPPEE! I PASSED! Kindda ironic how I would calculate wrong for a math class, but either way I passed!
Things are better now. I have one more final to go. Went to my sisters flamenco recital on Friday with the fam. It was a wonderful show and my sister had two new costumes from Spain!
Sunday I did a 3K with my niece, and younger sis, Jess, and oldest sis. It was GREAT! We did well and it was Jess and my niece's first 3K and they ROCKED!
This coming up Saturday I am looking forward to my family's Christmas... we are feeding the homeless and NO GIFT EXCHANGE! NICE! Also, Jay and I also decided not to exchange gifts, so the stress of gift buying is wiped away this year. I did buy, of course, for the kids -- my two nieces and Jayla -- and for my mom. So that's the latest!
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